looks truely MAGICAL now?? And what all did you plant over the yrs?
Now after all your hard work has paid off [in many ways], do you ever take artsy type photos of all the plants?
And how much acreage did you cover?

http://www.flickr.com/photos/lifeand_timesofkj/?saved=1
There are just a couple of photos as to what our yard and house looked like in 1997. We have 2 1/2 lots 125' wide x 150' deep. It was nothing but weeds when we bought it, but to us now, it is just as you say, a magical place to sit. Every bit of the work was done by my husband and myself, year after year, and we can still find more to do.

We don't have to go no further than our back yard for vacation, and we don't.